- Anxiety support
- Trauma care
- Spanish language
About Brittanie
Brittanie Pena is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 16 years of experience to therapeutic work in New Jersey. She offers a calm, practical approach that focuses on what helps people feel steadier in day-to-day life. She speaks English and Spanish and works with adults on a range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship and intimacy-related issues.
Brittanie uses straightforward strategies to help people manage stress and strong emotions. She helps clients build better communication skills, cope with life changes, and address attachment or abandonment concerns. She also supports people facing workplace strain, parenting stress, immigration-related difficulties, and compassion fatigue.
Her sessions draw on approaches such as client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, emotionally focused ideas, and mindfulness practices. Brittanie collaborates with each person to identify goals and practical steps they can use between sessions. She aims to make therapy useful, not just a place to talk.
People often leave sessions with clearer ways to handle anxiety, improved tools for conflict, and plans for managing mood and focus. Brittanie emphasizes small, achievable changes and steady progress over time. Her bilingual skills allow her to offer care in Spanish as well as English.
To begin, readers should use the site Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability. The subscription system for sessions can be canceled at any time and fees vary with location and therapist availability.
Approaches that guide online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's needs. It helps people feel heard and build confidence to make changes. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical steps to shift unhelpful patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance in stressful moments.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Brittanie will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She usually blends techniques so each plan matches the person's situation rather than following a single method only.
Confirm the exact session options before booking since formats are not specified in this profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins can work during a break, audio-only meetings use less bandwidth, and remote meetings remove travel time. These practical benefits often help people keep therapy consistent while they work on stress, relationships, mood, and focus issues.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Brittanie focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and parenting and career struggles, among other topics.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is compassionate and collaborative, combining client-centered listening with practical strategies from CBT, DBT, EFT, and mindfulness.
What is her professional background?
She has 16 years of clinical experience supporting people through emotional and life challenges, with a focus on skills for coping and communication.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in New Jersey.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and billing handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.